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Article: Elephant dancing: the who, the what, the wow, and the why.(MUSIC COLUMN)
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- June 1, 2006
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1 SARAH BERNHARDT
L'Aiglon, from In Performance (no label)
At the Jewish Museum in New York, near the end of the exhibition "Sarah Bernhardt: The Art of High Drama," which closed April 2, there was, after rooms of posters, costumes, books, photographs, and silent film clips, a listening station. What you heard was four minutes from Rostand's L'Aiglon, starring Bernhardt (1844-1923) as the son of Napoleon, recorded for Edison in 1910--or rather what you heard was a wire being drawn through a body as its voice refused death: Not yet, not yet, Bernhardt seems to say, not until I have said what I have to say, and what I have to say is, Why? Why? I played it ...
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Article: CD REVIEW: The Yeah Yeah Yeahs resuscitate the '70s
University Wire;
August 21, 2002 ;
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... ... WIRE) TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, a band in the same vein as The Strokes ... rock 'n' roll. However, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs have something that sets them apart from ... moment. This five-song EP, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' debut, opens just as you would expect ...
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